Advocacy

Advocating for ADIA members while promoting the value of data, insights and research to government and regulatory bodies is a priority for ADIA.

We address legislative and regulatory issues that affect the industry by making our position known on policies, reviews and other government initiatives.

Government and industry relations

ADIA is actively engaged and lobbying on the issues that matter:

• Privacy and data protection: Privacy Code Review and Privacy Act Review
• Telecommunications Sector and Scams: ACMA SMS ID Register
• Multi-enterprise Agreement: Negotiations regarding the UWU-ADIA Market Research Industry Agreement 2022-26.
• Online Fraud: Bots and AI’s Impact on Online Research.

Submissions

ADIA prepares formal submissions on various business issues relevant to our members and the market and social research industry.

The most recent submissions follow:

2026

ADIA-Submission-AG-Dept-Privacy-Reform-Taskforce-Sept-2026-.pdf

2025

ADIA ACMA SenderID Determination Response 08.09.25

Children’s Online Privacy Code Issues Paper Submission 31.7.25

ADIA ACMA Sender SMS ID Register submission 28.4.25

Submissions Archive

• ADIA Letter to Commissioner Kind (27 September 2024)
• ADIA Letter – The Hon Katy Gallagher (27 September 2024)
• ADIA Letter to the Aust. Privacy Commissioner (28 August 24)
• ADIA Letter to Minister Gallagher (28 August 24)
• ADIA Privacy Code Annual Report 2023
• ADIA Submission to the Privacy Act Review (March 2023)
• ADIA Submission to the Privacy Act Review Discussion Paper – Dec 21
• ADIA Call Blocking Backgrounder – Nov 21
• ASX Top 50 Risk Letter – Sept 20 (Procurement campaign – sent to Federal, State and Local Government (Ministers) and Top 50 ASX Companies)
• Open Letter to Government – July 20 (sent to State and Federal Gov departments).
• Open Letter to Government – March 20 (sent to State and Federal Gov departments).
• Government Relations update – Oct 19
• ACCC Report – July 19
• Data Sharing and Release Legislation Issues Paper – AMSRO submission – July 18
• Skilled Migration Occupations Lists – Jun 18
• The Case for including mobiles – IPND 2017
• AMSRO – DoE Traffic Light Bulletin Submission – Dec 2017
• AMSRO – Notifiable Data Breach Scheme Draft Resources submission – Oct 2017 
• Skilled Migration Occupation Lists DoE Consultation – AMSRO – Oct 2017
• NOTIFIABLE DATA BREACHES SCHEME (NDB) – AMSRO Submission – July 2017
• OAIC NDB roundtable presentation —May 17
• RICA Submission to ACMA IPND Scheme – Ja 2017
• RICA Submission – Data Availability and Access – Productivity Commission – Dec 2016
• RICA Telemarketing and Research Industry Standard Submission – Dec 2016
• IPND REVIEW REPORT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN – Research Industry comments 190416
• RICA IPND Submission June 2015
• RICA submission – IPND Recommendations July 2014
• RICA Submission_DBCDE Discussion Paper_300812 Final
• IPND – Assistant Secretary 050712